The Perfect Woman (1938)

Titles read: THE PERFECT WOMAN. London. High angle shot of people sitting at long lines of tables at a literary lunch at Grosvenor House. Showman and theatrical impresario Charles B Cochran (CB Cochran) is one of the guest speakers, talking on the theme of The Perfect Woman. He says he is happy it doesn t fall to him to define perfect womanhood; he would rather give Miss (Beatrice ) Lillie and Miss Wood the worst dressing rooms in the theatre and miss them off the bill. Brief C, U of a woman listening to the speech could be comedienne, actress Beatrice Lillie. Cochran quotes Rudyard Kipling as saying Woman is always a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. The audience laughs and applauds. The next speaker is Scottish comedian Will Fyffe who recites a little poem about The Perfect Woman after spending money on a less than perfect woman to improve her dress and features, she runs off with another man so the money wasn t wasted. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE O